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Motivation and Job Satisfaction: A Study of Pharmacists in Private Hospitals


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1 Department of Management Studies, DMI - St. John the Baptist University, Mangochi, Malawi
 

This survey based descriptive research has been undertaken in Tirunelveli city, Tamilnadu with the objectives of examining the relationship between motivations related factors and job satisfaction of the pharmacists. The job satisfaction have been analysed under two main variables namely organization structure and policy related factors and pharmacist' specific factors. The study has sampled sixty pharmacists qualified with Diploma in Pharmacy and Bachelor in Pharmacy courses and working in private multi speciality hospitals using judgement sampling technique. The primary data have been collected using structured questionnaire and the secondary data have been collected from journals, thesis and websites. Percentage analysis, weighted average methods, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation have been administered to analyse the data. The result of the study has proved that majority of the respondents were highly dissatisfied with almost all factors examined under the dimensions of organization structure and policy related factors as well as pharmacists' specific factors.

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Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Pharmacist, Private Hospital, Tirunelveli.
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D. Rajan
Department of Management Studies, DMI - St. John the Baptist University, Mangochi, Malawi

Abstract


This survey based descriptive research has been undertaken in Tirunelveli city, Tamilnadu with the objectives of examining the relationship between motivations related factors and job satisfaction of the pharmacists. The job satisfaction have been analysed under two main variables namely organization structure and policy related factors and pharmacist' specific factors. The study has sampled sixty pharmacists qualified with Diploma in Pharmacy and Bachelor in Pharmacy courses and working in private multi speciality hospitals using judgement sampling technique. The primary data have been collected using structured questionnaire and the secondary data have been collected from journals, thesis and websites. Percentage analysis, weighted average methods, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation have been administered to analyse the data. The result of the study has proved that majority of the respondents were highly dissatisfied with almost all factors examined under the dimensions of organization structure and policy related factors as well as pharmacists' specific factors.

Keywords


Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Pharmacist, Private Hospital, Tirunelveli.

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